2007-07-25

Last week, a work colleague remarked that his Chinese wife felt she should be allowed to ride the railroad for free due to silly historical reasons. (Bonus response: my father joked that because they brought the Chinese into the country, the railroad should have to give everyone free trips as restitution)

Well today one may argue that every Chinese person brought into Canada owes his host country a huge favour. After all, perhaps the railroad was a godsend.

2007-07-02

Until now, paramedics have resorted to transporting some extremely large patients in moving trucks and U-Haul vehicles.

"That's not a very ideal situation," Weiss said, adding that it takes valuable time to acquire a moving truck. "We need that equipment on hand and ready to respond."

In the past, paramedics have also been forced to call fire crews for assistance in loading and unloading obese patients, he added.

That drives up wait times for ambulances while tying up firefighters.Earlier this year, it took seven emergency responders to carry a bed-ridden Edmonton woman - who weighed about 450 pounds - on a stretcher from a seniors home.

Yeah, if you're getting to be that fat, perhaps some time spent far far far away from any form of body-enhancing medical care is the best, if not the most fatality-proof, solution.